Picasso is a character that has pursued me for a long time and I always rejected. He deserves a lot of respect because I am from Malaga, and I was born four blocks from where he was born. Antonio Banderas bearblockcharacter Change image and share on social
Picasso is still influencing me. Of course, I haven't got that kind of energy, or skill. David Hockney energyinfluencekind Change image and share on social
Picasso is what is going to happen and what is happening; he is posterity and archaic time, the distant ancestor and our next-door neighbor. Speed permits him to be two places at once, to belong to all the centuries without letting go of the here and now. Octavio Paz ancestorarchaicbelong share on social
Picasso, Michelangelo, possibly, might be verging on genius, but I don't think a painter like Rembrandt is a genius. Damien Hirst geniusmichelangelopainter Change image and share on social
Picasso once remarked I do not care who it is that has or does influence me as long as it is not myself. Gertrude Stein careinfluencelong Change image and share on social
Picasso's always been such a huge influence that I thought when I started the cartoon paintings that I was getting away from Picasso, and even my cartoons of Picasso were done almost to rid myself of his influence. Roy Lichtenstein cartoonhugeinfluence share on social
Picasso's superhuman gift for draftsmanship might have made him lazy about pursuing the full potential of color. It was not unusual for him to build a composition by first outlining figures and objects in black and then filling the interstices in a perfunctory manner that can put one in mind of a museum-shop coloring book. Martin Filler blackbookbuild share on social
Picasso said, 'Art is a lie that tells the truth.' What if you just want to tell the truth and not lie about it? Nicolas Cage artliepicasso Change image and share on social
Picasso said once when being interviewed that one should not be one's own connoisseur. Kenneth Koch connoisseurinterviewpicasso Change image and share on social
Picasso was hugely innovative, and, wow, did he have facility, amazing ability, but I don't think he painted a masterpiece. John Hurt abilityamazefacility Change image and share on social